(OoC: 822 words. Sorry that this is late.)

The rabbit looked over to see Zachary approaching her. I bet they were watching us. He’s probably going to chew me out for being a rabbit…

“It’s been a good fight so far, Wisp.”

“I guess so,” the shapeshifter replied, “I learned something new though.”

“Well, at least you didn’t get hit often,” he said as he knelt beside her and began to help the rabbit recover, her body started to glow a soft blue.

“I’m pretty easy to hurt right now, though,” the rabbit’s ears dropped down a bit, and she shuddered a bit.

Zachary chuckled, “You’re pretty good with tactics, for instance; you attacked him as he paused in the fight.”

“Yeah, I kind of based that on ‘we are in a fight,’ type of reminder, and we both had the opportunity to attack each other, so I took it,” her left ear moved up, nearly vertical. She stood up on her hind legs and looked up at her teacher.

“It feels kind of odd, talking to a rabbit that talks back, but it doesn‘t matter,” the ice mage muttered and then continued, “I’m surprised you can fight that directly. You even kicked him in the head as a rabbit, I didn’t expect that at all.”

The novice air and now shadow-user wanted to smile at that, but could not. “This area seems to be fitted to both of us. UZ really surprised me with that fire attack.” The rabbit’s ears drifted back as she thought, UZ is interesting. He even knows how to recover. The worm most likely will use it again.

“Wisp, what happened with that plank you used a while ago?” Zachary started to stand up now.

The rabbit’s left ear perked up, “I kind of did a back flip, then I landed on the wall for a moment.”

“You were almost crushed by some rocks a couple of times, and he managed to bash you around with his head,” the ice mage sighed, “except the last one I mentioned would have been hard to stop, anyway.“ Zachary glanced over at Zorlo for a moment, “What do you think your best move was?”

The swamp rabbit tilted her head to the left, as she stood up on her hind legs and faced Zachary. “I think it was that one where UZ dodged one Gale Edge, but got hit with the vertical one. That, or the spike I made… I don‘t really know.”

“Does your spike move have a name, Wisp?”

“It’s called Shadow Spire, I think there’s a variation of it, but I’m not sure,” the rabbit replied, looking up at the ice mage. She saw his eyes dim for a second, but then just heard him chuckle.

“You seem to be getting better with your other skills, and you are responding faster.”

Wisp looked over at UZ and Zorlo, the two seemed to still be talking. His comment about wanting to fight bunnies is a little odd, but he is fighting me though. The green glow that surrounded him managed to increase his speed, but I just threw him back. She noticed that UZ seemed to be a little down for a moment.

“Don’t let him hit you with any rocks while you’re in this form, ok? He could seriously hurt you,” the ice mage looked slightly worried at the shapeshifter. “I noticed that you managed to dodge that last attack by falling to the ground and causing him to hit himself. That was a good tactic.”

“I’m still a beginner at it though, I just got lucky. I‘m not going to let that bother me though.” her ears drooped, but came right back up again. I’m doing the best I can. I mean, he can move the rocks around, but I’ve managed to hit him. UZ just probably judged me on how I looked for this half of the fight. He might have thought I would be easy to beat, because I kind of looked like a rabbit.

Zachary nodded his head, and looked over at UZ for a while. The shapeshifter glanced over as well, UZ apparently was listening to whatever Zorlo was saying with a slight interest.

That spike, or Shadow Spire, felt kind of weird when I used it. My right arm turned cold for a moment, but I was kind of annoyed that he had cut me. Normally, I would have ignored it, but it was odd. I want to try and use it again, I‘ll try not to be annoyed. I‘m surprised I rarely used the plank to guard me. Maybe I can ‘throw‘ Sky Pillar‘s attack from another direction…

The ice mage knelt down again, “Be careful, he might surprise you again with something new. Try to keep him guessing where you’re going to attack from, instead of coming from the front, ok?”

The rabbit nodded, “I understand Zachary.”

The blue and red-clad ice mage then stood up, looked over, and grinned at Zorlo.

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My Battle Arena Characters: Wisp, Elea, Azura, Mahalia
{A picture of a swamp bunny is my avatar, so it helps with Wisp's other form.}
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